KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, LIDAR, Sensors, Atmospheric sensing, Signal attenuation, Signal processing, Mass attenuation coefficient, Signal detection, Reflectivity, Atmospheric modeling
This article gives an overview of airborne LIDAR (laser light detection and ranging) system and its application. By
analyzing the transmission and reception process of laser signal, the article constructs a model of echo signal of the
LIDAR system, and gives some basic formulas which make up the relationship of signal-to-noise ratio, for example, the
received power, the dark noise power and so on. And this article carefully studies and analyzes the impact of some
important parameters in the equation on the signal-to-noise ratio, such as the atmospheric transmittance coefficient, the
work distance. And the matlab software is used to simulate the detection environment, and obtains a series values of
signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio under different circumstances such as sunny day, cloudy day, day, night. And the figures
which describe how the SNR of LIDAR system is influenced by the critical factors are shown in the article. Finally
according to the series values of signal-to-noise ratio and the figures, the SNR of LIDAR system decreases as the
distance increases, and the atmospheric transmittance coefficient caused by bad weather, and also high work temperature
drops the SNR. Depending on these conclusions, the LIDAR system will work even better.
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